Three stories, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
File
MS. Beckford d. 23
Held at the Weston Library
- (pp.iii-xii) 'Histoire de Schahanazan, Roi de Tartarie ou l'année des epreuves, suite des Contes Arabes', separately entitled (p. i) 'Introduction de la suite des Contes Arabes'
- (pp.xvii, 1-179) 'Histoire d'Elouard Felkanaman et D'Ansel Hougioud'
- (pp. 179-209) 'Histoire du Roi Filoui et d'Azora la Cachemerienne'
- (pp.xix-xxi) a draft preface in French, added much later in Beckford's hand, saying that the stories were compiled 'de ma propre imagination'; most of the preface is printed in Guy Chapman and John Hodgkin, A bibliography of William Beckford (1930), p. 94.
Dates
- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
206 pages
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford d. 23
Physical Facet
Binding: in sections (made up of bifolia) sewn with pink ribbon (sometimes missing)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk